A Voodoo practitioner chants and dances during the Voodoo Day celebrations in Ouidah January 10, 2007. Thousands of people from all over Benin gather in Ouidah, a former slave port on the Atlantic Ocean, 40 km (25 miles) from Cotonou, Benin's capital city, revered as the cradle of voodoo and offer prayers and sacrifices to their gods. About 60% of the country's 6.3 million people practice voodoo. [Reuters]

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